SHOWDOWN cover

SHOWDOWN

by Shannon Gilligan

You are a top contender in the Sudbury Horse Classic, one of the year's most important national horse shows. When you overhear a man plotting to kill a horse insured for half a million dollars, you realize there's more at stake here than a blue ribbon. If you don't act fast, this prized show jumper will lose its life. You could go to the authorities, but by the time they arrive it might be too late. What will you do?

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?